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Portland and Queen that is. One of Toronto’s newest and hottest condos is located at Queen and Portland. And you’re going to want to pop in to have a look. The collaboration of Metro Wallcoverings, Kantelberg Design, and Camad produced one of the most stunning and elegant lobbies you have ever walked in to. We’re talking about 17+ foot ceilings and a 64+ foot wide continuous graphic.Our Challenge: Create a flawless image that sends your jaw to the floor. Some of the humps along the way were shifting single flowers 3” this way and 4” that way from the design phase to account for framing around doors and windows, to un-square walls, and to maintaining perfect registration from vertical panel to vertical panel. Unlike standard wall coverings, this image had to fit together like a puzzle. Not to mention completing the project on budget.There was a lot of back and forth between all parties in the preparation stages before proceeding. Kantelberg’s vast attention to detail and the team’s strive for perfection was integral. The passion we all held for this project destined us to accept nothing less than the best, no matter what the trials and tribulations were.

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Ikea thought so and what a hit it was. From the brains of Leo Burnett Toronto came the idea of the portable “beautification wall”, and Ikea was on board straight away. Ikea opened a new store in Ottawa back in December and this portable wall played a big part in letting people know of the store’s launch.

Our Challenge: To build a portable wall 7 feet high by 24 to 28 feet long. It needs graphics, shelving, and needs to go up in panels. The whole operation also needs to fit in a truck and be able to be assembled and disassembled in a relatively short period of time. Not to mention we needed it yesterday.

Straight after my meeting with Dave Eades of Leo Burnett I went directly to the guys in the city I knew I could trust to produce such a wall, Grown Design (Hyper link this). In true Ikea fashion, Mike Ford and Dave Benson of Grown Design came up with a simplistic design that would allow the walls to be assembled on uneven ground and use little more than an allen key, yet hold up to any winter day in Ottawa.

In a few short weeks the project was complete. The graphics looked great, the shelves fit perfect, and the project was shipped to Ottawa with hours to spare.  The Result: The Beautification Wall was a huge success. Not only did the wall look great and assemble easily, but the outcome was fantastic! The steady line kept the streets occupied for hours. You can bet that people were talking about their free towels and picture frames for days. The project went so well that we have the wall in storage here at CamAd, just waiting for the next Ikea launch.

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